| Jackson, Tenn. - With a
27 percent increase in student enrollment over the past
two years, 51ÉçÇø will conclude the 1998-99
academic year with a record total of 2,783 students. The
2,783 total enrollment includes 2,232 undergraduates and
551 graduate students. Both categories experienced
significant increases for the two-year period, with a
growth of 273 undergraduate students and 327 graduate
students, for a total of 600 students. The 1998-99 year
saw an increase of 418 Union students, for a 17 percent
increase over the previous year.
"We are tremendously pleased to be able to report
this level of growth at Union," says Union President
David S. Dockery. "It reflects the growing interest
in Union being demonstrated by students and their
families, both regionally and nationally."
In response to such growth, Union has added two
residence halls this year, which will provide an
additional 80 beds for new and returning students this
fall. In addition to additional residence halls, by fall
the university will also be opening Hammons Hall, which
will include a new campus bookstore and an expanded area
for adult studies programs.
Also now underway is the construction of Jennings Hall
on Union's West Campus. Jennings Hall , which will be
open by August 2000, will provide expanded facilities for
Union's award-winning programs in music, communication
and Christian studies. In addition to classrooms,
learning labs and faculty offices, the new building will
include a recital hall, a broadcast studio, and a new
Center for Biblical Studies.
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